An EVM-compatible blockchain testnet for the Elastos ecosystem, featuring low-cost Solidity smart contracts, tELA gas, and support for Elastos DID and cross-chain tooling.
Elastos Smart Chain Testnet (ESC Testnet) is an EVM-compatible network for safely deploying and auditing smart contracts, wallets, and cross-chain bridges, using the test currency tELA. As of 2025-09, it targets seconds-level block times (~5–6s), very low gas fees (≈0.00002–0.0002 tELA for a simple transfer at 1–10 gwei), and test throughput in the tens to hundreds TPS with bursty developer activity—ideal for validating dApps, MetaMask flows, and Elastos DID/storage integrations.
ESC Testnet is distinguished by native Elastos DID and decentralized storage (Hive) integration, enabling identity-aware, data-ownership dApps uncommon on generic EVM testnets. It also plugs into Elastos’ cross-chain architecture while using validator-based fast finality on testnet, delivering consistently low fees, seconds-level blocks, and full Ethereum tooling compatibility (Solidity, RPC, MetaMask) for rapid CI/CD and bridge experiments.
Elastos Smart Chain Testnet uses tELA as the gas token for transaction fees. You can obtain tELA by bridging from other chains or purchasing using thirdweb Bridge, or through faucets (for testnet).
To bridge tELA to Elastos Smart Chain Testnet, connect your wallet to thirdweb bridge, select your source chain, choose the token you want to bridge, select Elastos Smart Chain Testnet as the destination, enter the amount, and confirm the transaction. The bridge will handle the cross-chain transfer instantly.
To build on Elastos Smart Chain Testnet you can use thirdweb, which provides an easy way to build, monetize and scale your apps, games or agents. You can find detailed guides and documentation on https://portal.thirdweb.com to get started quickly.
To add Elastos Smart Chain Testnet to your wallet, you can connect your wallet and click on [Add to Wallet] button at the top of the page. Alternatively, you can add the network manually using the RPC URL and chain details and add it to your wallet's network settings.
To send tELA on Elastos Smart Chain Testnet, ensure your wallet is connected to the Elastos Smart Chain Testnet network, enter the recipient's address, specify the amount of tELA to send, review the gas fee, and confirm the transaction in your wallet.